Well the past few days have been quite the past few days.
I received the most exciting news EVER, I'd be interning at the Boston Athenaeum. That's EPIC! Everyone wants that internship, and they only take one student per semester. Awesome, right? Ha, or so I thought.
After contacting my new supervisor, I received an auto-reply email stating that his position has been eliminated and to contact him at his personal email.....um, excuse me? After jumping to the official website, finding the first Archivist email on the Archives page, I sent another email, a little confused.
I promptly received an response apologizing for the inconvenience, but the Manuscripts Curator position had recently been eliminated so the Athenaeum doesn't require an intern for this semester.
Well that's just dandy, did they think possibly, to CONTACT SIMMONS TO LET THEM KNOW OF THE CHANGE? That would only make sense right? Well in my state of shock, and panic I contacted the internship coordinators and was told to patiently wait while they fix the problem.
I can't even begin to tell you what it felt like having the best internship opportunity just snatched away from me like that, I was so bummed. It honestly ruined my day, and I rarely let anything get in the way of a normal day.
BUT good news, 24 hours later, the awesome internship coordinators have contacted me with a resolution : The City of Boston Town Clerk's Office. I'll be playing with the new open source Archivist Toolkit entering in early 20th century documents. I think that's a fair trade.
So after a few stressful days, I'm off to the Institute of Contemporary Art with Caitlin. I'm rather excited because it's been a while since I've been there and Caitlin and I rarely do stuff with just the two of us, so it'll be good bonding time. YAY!
until next time, Tschuss!
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